Diary of the Dead

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Movie Info

A young Hector Elizondo (of TV's Chicago Hope) stars in this low-key thriller about a harried, unemployed young husband who finally tires of the incessant badgering of his mother-in-law (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and uses his puzzle-solving skills to concoct the perfect murder and get his hands on her inheritance (a mere $80,000). Unfortunately, the old bat's short-term dirt nap only manages to make her even more annoying, and she comes back to torment him from beyond the grave... maybe. Clearly the makers of this low-budget film were inspired by Diabolique and/or the collected works of Hitchcock -- but unlike those films, the endless plot convolutions fail to add up to an enthralling whole, generating more irritation than suspense.

Rating:

PG
Genre:

Horror
Directed By:

Arvin Brown
Runtime:

93 minutes

Cast

Hector Elizondo

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Salome Jens

Joyce Ebert

Critic Reviews for Diary of the Dead

All Critics (3) | Rotten (3)

GEORGE ROMERO REALLY HAD NOWHERE to take his zombie franchise after 2005's Land of the Dead -- but he made this year's Diary of the Dead anyway.

Mar 17, 2008 | Full Review…

Matt Kelemen
Las Vegas CityLife
[A] tad too self-conscious about the 'importance' of its 'message.'

Mar 7, 2008 | Full Review…

MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher
Social commentary is laid on so thick and often it becomes muddled.

Jan 20, 2008 | Full Review…

Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend